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Two Broward County teens on their way to pick up a friend in Tampa were killed after their car flipped over in Naples on Wednesday night.

James Moffat, 17, of Parkland, died at a hospital soon after the crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Jessi NcNab, 17, of Coral Springs, died Thursday morning.

Neither was wearing a seat belt when the car flipped over at the Golden Gate Parkway on-ramp to northbound Interstate 75, the FHP said. The accident happened shortly before 9 p.m.

While on the ramp, the car began to spin, striking a guard rail before overturning, according to a preliminary FHP report. The exact cause of the crash is still unknown.

According to Nancy McNab, Jessi's mother, the two were going to pick up a friend who somehow became stranded in Tampa.

Moffat was driving the car, she said.

POMPANO BEACH

Deputy chases as car stolen

Car thieves crashed a vehicle through a guardrail near the railroad tracks at Dixie Highway and Atlantic Boulevard on Thursday, bailing out and sparking a search, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.

A deputy on his way to work saw the car being stolen near Northeast Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street about 2:30 p.m., said Sheriff's spokesman Mike Jachles. As the deputy reported the theft, the vehicle took off, eventually going through a guardrail near the tracks.

More than one person fled from the vehicle, Jachles said, though deputies were able to arrest one. That person's name was not released.

It was not clear how many thieves were involved.

SUNRISE

SWAT team sent to home

Complaints over insurance payments brought a SWAT team to the door and landed a Sunrise man in the hospital for mental evaluation Thursday evening. No one was injured.

Police spokesman Lt. Brian Gerity said federal agencies requested officers check on Roger Gray, 39, because he kept calling to complain about rising insurance deductibles. When police arrived at Gray's home in the 9100 block of Northwest 26th Place, Gerity said Gray slammed the door and yelled, "Die!"

Gray's wife, 13-year-old son and another woman said he held a knife to his throat at one point and talked about being killed by police. The women and son, who were not treated as hostages, left the home, after which Gerity said a SWAT team entered and took Gray for evaluation.

HALLANDALE BEACH

Heater fire razes home

An electrical heater caused a fire that destroyed a mobile home Thursday, displacing two people, a city fire official said. No one was hurt, officials said. The two people inside the home at 17 Cactus Ave. left safely when the fire began at 1:30 a.m. A fire marshal later determined a heater caused it. The city deemed the home a hazard and has decided to raze it, officials said.

The business is described as a store that uses paint and other materials to prepare furniture and other items. The fire appeared to have started in one of the spray-painting booths, Ray said. The injured firefighter was taken to North Broward Medical Center.